Full Review: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Driver (Everything You Need To Know)

[@7Harkness7]

The production on these videos is just getting better and better every time. Massive credit to Pete and the team behind him

[@ShinyChamelion]

I commented on a previous video that the cut-aways and transitions are prime Top Gear-esque

[@jamcop123]

Came to comments exactly this. Really good quality content and well edited. Great team for sure 💪

[@mchammer1982]

Lol u work for Pete lol

[@vevxqr2817]

These videos are so professional. You have graphs that included the carry and total distances and give us exact information about the weights and amount of extra carbon there is. You include all this data in a 8 minute video. Keep it up!

[@A1BASE]

Really interesting to get both your and Rick Shiel's take on the new stuff. The completely different conclusions show just how personal a driver is, and how important it is to actually try them out before you buy.

[@HonicBlue]

Couldn't agree more. I was really surprised to see how different their opinions were, and it really reinforces the idea of a proper fitting, and trying it out before you drop some serious coin.

[@smartwater598]

Peter is better golfer

[@tszampruch]

I'd love to see a driver bracket challenge from all drivers between 2020 and now. The Sim and Sim 2 were some of the best around, and I wonder how they would stack up against the Stealth and Paradym.

[@jackmarron7890]

I'd have a guess and say there's next to no difference in data

[@philipslighting8240]

I have a bracket it holds up a shelf in my kitchen........

[@Jrocc811]

I have a SIM 2 and ive gone to PGA store a few times to mess around with the new toys. I hit the same between Stealth, Stealth 2, and SIM2. Theyre all good honestly. I wonder if anyone else has the same results as me.

[@Captainchaos14]

i agree. i’m still not sold on the carbon face, but the stealth 2 feels like an actual driver. 430 and paradyne are my favorite still though

[@shanejury3628]

Great video Pete, as always.... went to a fitting for the previous version, no one could hit the thing consistently and feel like this one will be the same. pro's and plus 3 handicappers will love it, everyone else avoid like the plague!

[@slightlycrookedworkshop]

That's what happened with me. I hit the Rogue relatively straight, but the Stealth was all over the place.

[@davidfinn9828]

Rick shield review confirmed your comments 👍

[@knightriderkitt3000]

@David Finn Rick he who can't hit a Driver to save his life?

[@EbikeLover17]

Good on u Pete for mentioning the price of the drivers 👍 Not many do this

[@steven-gerrard]

From the data you have Ping is the clear winner. Does exactly what it should do. Ball speeds the same just spin numbers have changed

[@GOLFADDICT65]

i was sure i would be getting the STEALTH 2 at 850.00 ( Canadian ) including tax....but they had a SIM 2 MAX there to brand new...tried both....Liked the SIM 2 MAX more in alot of ways...and got it for 399.00 Canadian including the midsize grip...glad at the result and saved 450....cheers from Canada

[@rianwhitham9222]

How on earth are people not subscribed!? Although, selfishly, I’m hoping people don’t because every plug has had me cracking up! Great video again Pete! Can’t afford these but good to know what I might buy in 5 years time!

[@alexetchesgolf]

That's Hollinwell. My stomping ground. Great course mate!

[@ScaleTune]

Whoever on the team edited this ... I live for these transitions, like at 0:52

[@peterfinchgolf]

Yes we are very excited about it

[@joserivas2323]

Couldn’t agree more! The one at 7:02 was my favorite

[@woodersify]

Interesting to hear the different views between yourself and Rick. I bought the Stealth last year as it was more accurate than the Callaway and straighter than my Titleist

[@colinpenson9029]

The production, editing and content of this video is very good.

[@alexegan6813]

Be interesting to see how it compares to the SIM and some of the other drivers that are a couple of generations old now. I might be biased, but the SIM is still the best driver I've ever hit.

[@TheCerberusOfHell]

Man the editing on this and all videos is just phenomenal!! Great work lads

[@duke4340]

I think Pete wins the award for best reviews this year

[@SgtsPepper11]

I love this time of year. I get to see Pete review everything, and I can hope that the Rogue ST depreciates in value enough for me to own one this lifetime!

[@smylabeast]

You and Rick shields are NY far the best golf channels on the net. Love it. Keep up the brilliant content we love it!

[@tom_luley]

I think you should add the TSr line to your chart since that is a 2023 driver, just released a LITTLE early.

[@donaldkellyman2444]

i believe you are correct about the ball slipping off the face to the right on the twist face.i plated all the twist face drivers new and used and I find them to do the same if you don't catch it center face,you get punished.

[@MrLetemhavit]

Great video! Driver looks fantastic! I will be upgrading from my SIM 2

[@woody5581]

I got fitted for a Stealth 2 std last weekend. I was 30 yards farther than my old TM driver. It felt great

[@ajjamieson514]

I love this time of year when all the manufacturers release new equipment and especially enjoy your reviews. I would like your honest opinion on PXG, Honma, Tour Edge etc in addition to the big name brands.

[@thomashaagenstad6811]

Love your reviews. However it’s one thing that stands out from your testing that needs to be adressed.. The ballspeeds on both Callaway drivers are significally higher than all their competetors? Both is 4-7 mph better than the closest competetor. In my eyes, in this day and age, this is almost revolutionary?

[@vvovvomg]

Just got a used demo. Upgrading from a really old SLDR. It wasn't too worn out but I def did notice a speed and distance increase hitting balls easily over the 235 yard range net haha

[@martyboysation]

Hey Pete! Love your videos, please include the tsr2/3 in the form where you are comparing Numbers with all the other Brands

[@stuartburgess4499]

Agree with the comments the boys have gone to town on the editing

[@rwgcanada561]

Full bag fitting this Friday! Can’t wait to hit the stealth 2

[@robertlynch4839]

Strong work, Pete! And, as others have pointed out, the production quality and edits are making these vids pop.

[@larrysmith8002]

Pete - appreciate you reviewing these drivers but is there anyway you could perform same tests with mid handicapper to get a good gauge for the masses? Thanks again and keep up the outstanding work.

[@coreygardner8424]

I'd love to see a head to head with the new srixon drivers now they have went back to full metal wood for the opposite ends of the materials? Please

[@iwanellis-roberts1704]

Cracking editing 👌

[@Betheball1966]

Can you include swing speed as well as ball speed. Makes comparison fairer

[@stevenhocking7731]

Love the look of the new Stealth. Wont be buying it however as I just got last years Stealth a month ago when the prices dropped in prep for this one.

[@HillbillyJedi88]

1st contender for the bag this year. I think it's time to move on from the M1 I currently have. Looking forward to the rest of the reviews! Thanks!

[@willemdewaal1127]

Hi Peter, enjoying your content very much! I feel you are one of the few who gives a honest opinion on products. Keep it up!!

[@peterfinchgolf]

I appreciate that!

[@lukemorgan2004]

Great vid Pete can’t wait for the build your bag episode

[@alexgandy2488]

How about a smash factor on the end table of all the drivers as well?

[@robertsandidge441]

Why would anyone get angry over someone else’s club choice. Diversity makes the world go round. I personally have a Titleist TSi2 driver, a Cobra radspeed, Ping G400, and a Callaway epic flash. And I have been through different iron brands every time I update. It’s a very personal decision on what looks good to the individual and how you strike them. Just have fun and keep up with the group in front of you!!!!!!

[@cdb195]

Love this Tech Month. Great Reviews and summaries about the latest drivers! Thanks Pete and Team!!!!!

[@joshuamartins9487]

My Sim 2 cracked a few weeks ago . I borrowed a friend's Stealth . To me the Sim 2 was much straighter for me . The Stealth wanted to go way left . My replacement Stealth 2 is on the way . In the meantime I bought a used Sim 2 head ..just in case I can't get on with the Stealth 2

[@deepakthomas259]

One thing's for certain: editing in this video is top notch, perhaps hotter 🔥 than the TaylorMade Stealth2 and Callaway Paradym 😄

[@paulbrown400]

Was Ping meant to be on the results table!?! Sneaky little preview there! Might be the year to upgrade the g400....

[@mcnillerandsons7906]

Would love to see your dispersion radius numbers as well when you show these so we can see consistency and forgiveness. I know it’s swing dependent but would be nice to see how the balls flew instead of speed spin and distance only.

[@dsiegel13]

Great video! Love the podcast too. Are you going to include the Titleist TSR drivers in your overall review of the 2023 drivers (even though it came out in Q4 2022) or a comparison video?

[@peterfinchgolf]

Yes, I'll get the data on these to add to the rest. Basically once all the current drivers are live I'll do a huge round up

[@Clueless2410]

TECH MONTHHHHH, love the videos Pete you’re my favorite club reviewer by far love the way you’re doing things and are still improving your testing each time

[@peterfinchgolf]

cheers buddy

[@iaindouglas]

Great video and great analysis. One question though, I understand the thinking behind the same shaft and loft but looking at the two stealths, does this really work? The ordinary Stealth has faster ball speed so at the right settings should be longer? Is it not a disservice forcing that into the same spec as the plus? In theory should be the longer club but it's almost being handicapped? Hope that comes across OK?

[@baldwinbonney]

Enjoy your reviews tremendously - always good to know what may be on my shopping list in four or five years 😏. Wondering if the Rough Cut podcast is gonna find its way back on Stircher? Last episode was from 2020.

[@icewipe]

I have an aged M2. Thinking of grabbing the stealth 2. Thanks for the great info! I really want a ping g430. But it's too costly. 😢

[@marcelwieczorek6604]

I love January because of all this new toys that are coming up. But as allways, I may wait for late season to buy any new sticks because the price did rise up insainely

[@nickrawlings8436]

My testing with Stealth 2 was very similar to last year. Slower than every other brand, and less forgiving. Stealth 2 plus with ventus black 7X, was an average 4 mph slower on ball speed, and 25 yards shorter than the Paradym Triple diamond and the Cobra Aerojet LS (both Cobra and Callaway tested very similar for me this year, in between on which will make my bag), on off center hits, the stealth 2 was a whopping 10 mph slower on ball speed than off center strikes with Paradym and Aerojet, and lost up to 40 yards compared to the others. My average swing speed is about 123 mph for reference, and all data was collected on Trackman indoors with Titleist Pro V1x RCT balls.

[@wheel4premium]

I love the comparison chart!

[@fraserh3716]

Totally get what you mean about it slipping off the face to the right. So weird. Switched to Cobra LTDx LS and it almost feels draw biased in comparison.

[@mikealessi7761]

Driver review month gotta love it. Love your reviews and they are more in depth than other reviews but each reviewer has their own upside to the review. You and the team just brilliant Pete. Question though I assume when you are done reviewing the drivers do you send them back to the companies? One other thing to the editing team (whomever those lads are) CHEERS on the transitions from studio to course to studio at the 1:00 minute mark. Very cool and BRILLIANT great work.

[@peterfinchgolf]

cheers buddy, no we keep hold of them so we can do comparisons vs previous models. These will be coming soon

[@mikealessi7761]

@@peterfinchgolf very cool looking forward to it all.

[@jgmossy9089]

Top notch video gents. Great insight as always and a fantastic edit. I quite like the look of this driver you know. I tested the last years stealth and wasnt a fan!

[@callumeverest7735]

Shout out to the boys behind the camera some of the transitions are brilliant!

[@peterfinchgolf]

Both Mick and Jacob were very excited about those transitions lol.

[@handingtian835]

Could you also include the TSR in the comparison? Cheers.

[@arpus1995]

I agree with a lot of other reviewers that the Stealth 2 is unforgiving and doesn't really hit the mark yet again for 2 years in a row

[@chl882]

grate video as always cant wait to see you do the new Srixon drivers

[@dawveed26]

Peter, I'm diggin the banana bag up on the shelf there... and oh yeah, thanks for the driver review 😁

[@finnkiger5200]

Hey Pete, what about the new mizuno driver?

[@TheGolfingCrowe]

loving these videos Pete (and crew). I can see you finding it really difficult to look past the Callaway line up this year pete, based on those numbers. Looking forward to the build my bag series again :D

[@Golf_Hack]

I would like you to show swing speed when you make a chart. I could make every driver club review obsolete with one of those robot golf machine’s. All I want to see is every driver hit at the same swing speed. If the machine hit every driver at 100 mph swing speed out of the middle, then posted the ball speed, we would know which driver is the hottest off the face. They could make it hit 3-5 different spots on the face to check forgiveness and dispersion as well. I thought Mygolfspy would do something like that, but haven’t seen it so far. The PGA will only let the ball come off the face at so many mph faster than the swing speed so we will never have driver’s that smash it 350 yards at 100 mph swing speed. They could be made but would be illegal

[@AnonymousAgronomist]

Like you said the powerful release has kind of petered out (no pun intended) leaving 2 as a “meh” drop. But you can definitely make any driver sing Pete. I bet you could drive an ear of corn nailed to a stick 300 yards lol

[@fergusmckie4336]

funny to see this, coming from Rick who was quite critical!

[@wessims3412]

I remember you testing a 2017 M1 versus SIM2 and other TM past release drivers and hit it 2229-331 yds. And you laughed as it beat SIM2. Driver looks ok but no new revelation. Rick Shiels feels the opposite you do,LOL. Love the Pair-Of-Dymes driver a lot more, looks and although more pricey if I was going to sink a new mortgage out to buy a driver I’d go Calla.

[@Bobba8590]

You're the best Pete!

[@thegolfinggamer]

Looks like some embargos were lifted today. Great work as ever guys 👍

[@liquidcityuk6694]

Unlike a lot of people I have the original stealth and have never hit the ball so straight and found so many fairways. Won't upgrade just yet though lol maybe stealth 3. Great review Pete keep up the great work

[@alexmiller2357]

Same here - I've found it amazing with off center strikes too, contrary to Shiels

[@kepler240]

Nice effortless swing. Ernie Els like. I like it.

[@erics8521]

Good vid. Great editing.

[@anthonystrazzo1896]

How about including the new TSR lineup in comparison test. Esp the new TSR4 against the other brands LS models. Keep up the great work.

[@tonybytheway7543]

Think I'll be sticking with my TSR

[@RansomGetty]

Those Ping numbers were exciting....!

[@bassproat17]

Hockey has one-piece carbon sticks if it can hold up to pucks, slap shots and slashes its only a matter of time before the driver head is a solid carbon.

[@christopherwilson7004]

I got Morse distance with less ball speed with this driver. My speed with sim 2 was 166 went 307 Stealth 2 at 156 went 318

[@chadanfinson2937]

Looking at the results table it would seem that Ping G430 LST is the most efficient as it relates to ball speed, carry, and total distance….?

[@fredrikwingsternesryder8223]

Haven't see the Ping G430 video out yet. But looking forward to it :)

[@steelerb5598]

love your club reviews.

[@ceesdijkstra301]

Ping g430 in the dataset but not a vid yet or did I miss something? Great vid as always Pete! I’ll be sticking with my g425 lst

[@peterfinchgolf]

coming at 3pm today

[@Yoopyp]

Metal will never die.

[@imapotato572]

Great job Pete, driver prices are a bit ridiculous lately...

[@theelmagoo]

when Pete said "I'd have liked this to sound other-wordly" and hits the ball, y'all should've put a really whacky sound effect at impact.... like a cow moo'ing... ;p

[@mitchhamilton5932]

I actually got taylormade to send me the stealth2 std model for test as soon as it's available to ship so we will see excited to try it I Def didn't like last year's model so let's hope this one is better played the rogue ls for most the year last year with mixed results recently went back to an old m6 believe it or not. Not getting the distance I was out the rogue but the accuracy has greatly improved still goin to have to really impress me to keep it for the specs I had built will be 611 u.s dollars before taxes so looking at almost 700 so we will see. Am also very interested to get my hands on a plus 3 wood as I think that could be a real game changer but at 500 u.s dollars for 3 wood I Def can't be buying both or maybe even neither lol

[@rhjvonkarlstetten8994]

Have you Seen the Review at Dan Hendriksen Golf?

[@LuckyChevy430]

Pete, I think optimized driver testing should be a blind test to remove any bias.

[@ashleymansfield114]

Hi Pete. The content is great and the video production is getting better and better! When you first started, did you use an iPhone for a shot tracer and are there any you could recommend please? We’re going away to Portugal in March and may get a tripod to record mainly tee shots. Thanks

[@owenrivard8832]

I find this much prettier than the OG stealth. love the red accents

[@leewhitehouse7107]

Nice review 👌🏻 could also add where your camera guys, higher handicappers, test them to see if they are more forgiving for them… Might be a nice, Nd different, touch

[@avy2084]

From what I’ve seen you like the second year of the drivers the sim2 the stealth 2 since they have a different design

[@user-lk2is9wq6r]

love it all ...as i always mention would be good to see one of your team use one of the forgiving drivers to see how forgiving it is .....also for whomever is doing graphics ...having the spinning black and green in background of the stats chart is REALLY offputting and makes it super hard to read

[@rgrpncs]

How bad is the dispersion field? This was the problem with the previous version especially if you didn't hit it dead center.

[@GOLFADDICT65]

hi...i am trying to decide between the STEALTH 2 and the STEALTH 2 HD......i hit a fairly high straight ball...handicap 9 to 11.....am 58 years old with a swing speed of 90-94...but what i would like is a slight draw....would i find the HD drawing too much considering i am a straight ball hitter you think ? thx....cheers from Canada

[@stevevoutour8683]

I’ve got a warranty replacement coming for my Stealth plus face peeling. Have they made any change to that coating?

[@robfleming8744]

Looks better but I’m still curious about long term durability of the carbon face after a couple seasons…will they crack and come apart after a couple full seasons? For that much cash I would hope so but the initial Epics from Callaway had issues with their carbon crowns cracking and coming off. So the minimal titanium framing to hold the carbon together on this club scares me a bit… especially the carbon sole plate area. Definitely fun to watch you test out all these new bombers though! Thanks!

[@trevormorton8415]

Makes you wonder if we should wait for the Paradym 2 next year...

[@dallasboath7188]

How does the Titleist TSR 3 compare to the new 2023 drivers? Even though it is a driver released in 2022 I would be curious as to how it stacks up as it is the latest and greatest from Titleist

[@t.butcher]

You speak a lot of truth about the early twist face design doing cuts right off the tee. That’s why I couldn’t hit that M3 no matter what setup I did. Cut every time to a hill side bunker on the other fairway. Did not like my hits being toe dominant off the M3 driver.

[@randymahony8157]

So far you are the only review that likes the Stelth 2.0 . Ricky boy does not like it. I think you guys should battle it out. Lol